Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 631
hook cut clear to the point d; and d is a small groove diagonal across the periphery ofthe hook to the point b, where the edge is beveled off; A is the needle with the eye near the point, thathas been thrust through the fabric, with the thread r, the loop of which has just been entered by thepoint…
Mechanical engineering
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